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katrina, you're so sharp. katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the "nation" magazine. later, brett ehrlich has found the absolute least flattering photo on facebook. >> coming up, you thought facebook photoless made you look bad? wait until you see what virginia did it's go time. it's go time. it's go time. go time. you know what time it is. go time. it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? then it's go. go. go. go. go. go. go. go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh, right. go time! only on current tv. >> jennifer: ever since george alan's racial epithet cost him his 2008 senate bid in virginia, the virginia g.o.p. has tried to keep a tight lid on racially-charged discourse. but as brett ehrlich reports some photos on a rural virginia republican facebook profile haven't just loosened the lid they've blown it right off. shh, brett's talking now. >> you know, you hear about racist sentiment toward president obama and as some liberal weed induced paranoia but then you go on facebook and you see th
katrina, you're so sharp. katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the "nation" magazine. later, brett ehrlich has found the absolute least flattering photo on facebook. >> coming up, you thought facebook photoless made you look bad? wait until you see what virginia did it's go time. it's go time. it's go time. go time. you know what time it is. go time. it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? then it's go. go. go. go....
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katrina, you're so sharp. katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the "nation" magazine. later, brett ehrlich has found the absolute least flattering photo on facebook. >> coming up, you thought facebook photoless made you look bad? wait until you see what virginia did to the president. don't go away. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying... [ voice of dennis ] silence. ♪ ♪ ask an allstate agent about the safe driving bonus check. are you in good hands? enttv
katrina, you're so sharp. katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the "nation" magazine. later, brett ehrlich has found the absolute least flattering photo on facebook. >> coming up, you thought facebook photoless made you look bad? wait until you see what virginia did to the president. don't go away. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. then...
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katrina, it's always great to have you on the program. tomorrow we'll examine the rising rate of suicide from our returning veterans. but coming up, the presidential election and the war of mistakes, that's up ahead on "viewpoint." >> that's crazy talk! [ explosion ] >> stephanie: what's that? what just happened behind me? >> liquid hot magma. >> stephanie: uh, yeah, he might need a translator to help him talk to folks in the private sector. [ applause ] >> stephanie: okay. >> eliot: when it comes to matters of money these days, the average american is anxious and for good reasons. the biggest cause of that anxiety is the number of the day, $49,100. that's the difference between the median of the american family net worth in 2007 and the median net worth in 2010. in just three years the median family richer than half of the nation's families and poorer than the other half saw their worth drop by almost $50,000 nearly 39%. according to the federal reserve that number has not been this low since the early 1990s. the income of the median fam
katrina, it's always great to have you on the program. tomorrow we'll examine the rising rate of suicide from our returning veterans. but coming up, the presidential election and the war of mistakes, that's up ahead on "viewpoint." >> that's crazy talk! [ explosion ] >> stephanie: what's that? what just happened behind me? >> liquid hot magma. >> stephanie: uh, yeah, he might need a translator to help him talk to folks in the private sector. [ applause ]...
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he's one of 11 congressional members who days after hurricane katrina voted against $51.8 billion in relief spending in louisiana and mississippi. and now, just days after hurricane sandy he obviously has not changed his tune. and it is that kind of radical radical/insane thinking that's gotten him into his tightest re-election race yet. the latest ppp poll has him running three points ahead of his democratic opponent, christie vilsack. 48% to 45% in iowa. congressman king is not alone. several of his fellow representatives from tea party crazytown are in the political fights of their lives as well. begin with minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann. she's off the charts in name recognition. she raised $18 million more than her democratic opponent jim graves. her district has an 8% republican registration edge but still she only leads graves by 6 points. florida congressman allen west, he's raised $17 million compared to the $3.5 million of his democratic opponent patrick murphy. but polls show murphy leading west 48% to 47%. and, of course, we just cannot forget illinois congressma
he's one of 11 congressional members who days after hurricane katrina voted against $51.8 billion in relief spending in louisiana and mississippi. and now, just days after hurricane sandy he obviously has not changed his tune. and it is that kind of radical radical/insane thinking that's gotten him into his tightest re-election race yet. the latest ppp poll has him running three points ahead of his democratic opponent, christie vilsack. 48% to 45% in iowa. congressman king is not alone. several...
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hurricane katrina. seven years earlier. and the pittable performance of george bush's fema under michael brown. bush had cut fema, cut the budget for fema. he had moved it from being a cabinet agency which it was under bill clinton down into the bowels of the then the commerce department i believe. because we didn't have a department of homeland security yet. and fema wasn't on the job. they didn't have the resources to be on the job. there it is. we remember that. it was -- it just brought disgrace to the bush administration. never really recovered from it. and that's what people are going to be -- it is the ghost the ghost of katrina and george w. bush now floating over this republican convention. but the third reason it is bad news is because over the last two years what have the republicans done? they have cut cut cut cut disaster relief spending, the very kind of relief that alabama and mississippi and louisiana and those states and those communities and the cities down there in the coastal plains need right now. it wo
hurricane katrina. seven years earlier. and the pittable performance of george bush's fema under michael brown. bush had cut fema, cut the budget for fema. he had moved it from being a cabinet agency which it was under bill clinton down into the bowels of the then the commerce department i believe. because we didn't have a department of homeland security yet. and fema wasn't on the job. they didn't have the resources to be on the job. there it is. we remember that. it was -- it just brought...
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because the city is -- especially post katrina has been built to withstand a lot of wind. and even if a category 5, katrina a few years ago outside of the high at downtown where the windows were blown out, by and large the damage didn't come from the wind. the damage came from the water. and the worry that i have with isaac is the fact it has slowed down and is just sitting there with wave and wave and wave of rain. i just pray it goes through louisiana and gets up to the midwest where we could use that rain. the more water that gets dumped the more danger the people are in. south of the city there is -- some of the levies are being over topped -- not significantly at this point, but they are over topped. again, it shows for years and years and years -- and the interesting thing and how you tied it into to watching the republican convention is we have to have a budget where everybody sacrifices. people in louisiana and the gulf coast have sacrificed for years. we put tax cuts ahead of building levies. and that's democrats and republicans fault for years ignoring these thin
because the city is -- especially post katrina has been built to withstand a lot of wind. and even if a category 5, katrina a few years ago outside of the high at downtown where the windows were blown out, by and large the damage didn't come from the wind. the damage came from the water. and the worry that i have with isaac is the fact it has slowed down and is just sitting there with wave and wave and wave of rain. i just pray it goes through louisiana and gets up to the midwest where we could...
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response was not good to hurricane katrina. did you think the response was good. >> caller: his people. his people. >> please answer the question. >> caller: what did you ask? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: if you would give me a second mary. i said do you think the government's response to hurricane katrina was good? >> caller: well, that's for them -- >> stephanie: we were in a debate, you have -- >> caller: -- right? >> stephanie: all right. mary i wish that we weren't at a hard break, because i miss you already. call me again, okay? >> caller: i don't think so. >> stephanie: oh come on. she ask completely incomprehensible this morning. i love her. ♪ (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the vice presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part
response was not good to hurricane katrina. did you think the response was good. >> caller: his people. his people. >> please answer the question. >> caller: what did you ask? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: if you would give me a second mary. i said do you think the government's response to hurricane katrina was good? >> caller: well, that's for them -- >> stephanie: we were in a debate, you have -- >> caller: -- right? >> stephanie: all right. mary i...
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but he was the idiot that screwed up the hurricane katrina response and a lot of people died. anyway he tweeted someone just told me there was fighting going on in the superdome, hashtag shocked. he did not back down because as i mentioned he is now a right-wing talk radio [ censor bleep ] hole. somebody tweeted come look at the waterlines on the building and see if that is funny. [ inaudible ] >> where were the boxes? where were the boxes? >> stephanie: oh the sean hannity la meant. >> they were under water. >> stephanie: yes, they were. >> along with everything else. >> stephanie: last fall brown criticized president obama for responding to hurricane sandy too early. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> too early. >> stephanie: yeah that was too much. >> you are just rubbing it in. >> stephanie: is there such a thing as responding too early to a national -- >> well, if it hasn't happened yet. psychic >> stephanie: well he is obviously psychic, kenyan, muslim. this guy i saved for last. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: you know how people tweet oh, sorry drunk --
but he was the idiot that screwed up the hurricane katrina response and a lot of people died. anyway he tweeted someone just told me there was fighting going on in the superdome, hashtag shocked. he did not back down because as i mentioned he is now a right-wing talk radio [ censor bleep ] hole. somebody tweeted come look at the waterlines on the building and see if that is funny. [ inaudible ] >> where were the boxes? where were the boxes? >> stephanie: oh the sean hannity la...
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. ♪ katrina and the waves ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." no really this time. six minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free. stephaniemiller.com. you can e-mail us, chris lavoie, jim ward and me stephanie miller and comedian rick overton live in studio. [ applause ] >> you don't say. >> we're having a technical day. >> stephanie: technical difficulties in the last hour. i did not realize radioland did not hear the dan rather interview. >> hmm. >> people who watch current did. >> people who listen on the u stream heard it. >> they didn't have the big test pattern with the indian head on it. >> stephanie: current tv fans got the added benefit of seeing the wacky engineer wandering around screaming on the phone touching things and that was kind of -- >> that was kind of necessary to do that. >> stephanie: rick overton was kidding
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that's what george bush said in the plane flying over katrina. >> there's a lot of water down there. >> stephanie: there's no small amount of rumbling on the right. some republicans labeled him judas christie and rush limbaugh called the governor -- wait for it -- fat. [♪ circus music ♪] >> and accused him of being addicted to oxycontin. >> we have some other comments come up in the right-wing world about chris christie. >> stephanie: really? here is [ inaudible ] with -- >> the guy who's numbers are too gay -- >> stephanie: yeah. seven polls released in ohio obama plus two, obama plus three, obama plus five hashtag not that complicated. he write ts now watch in frustration, only a single romney-leading poll probably from rasmussen. apparently the pollsters are all effeminate pollsters too. please stop letting facts get in the way of the gop narrative. >> for a numbers guy he has an awesome sense of humor. >> stephanie: yeah. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: after brutal polling day, romney team reassures they are going to win. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: not inc
that's what george bush said in the plane flying over katrina. >> there's a lot of water down there. >> stephanie: there's no small amount of rumbling on the right. some republicans labeled him judas christie and rush limbaugh called the governor -- wait for it -- fat. [♪ circus music ♪] >> and accused him of being addicted to oxycontin. >> we have some other comments come up in the right-wing world about chris christie. >> stephanie: really? here is [...
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he ignored katrina until he realized there with you a catastrophe here. you the that's what they were thinking? >> made it look like government it helps people when they need it most instead of every time a natural disaster happens people to have fend for themselves so government isn't needed. the contrast is huge. >> con trattrast is huge. >> listen, this is a big issue and i think that this is something republicans are going to have to grapple with whether it's bobby skwreupbdle who is the governor of louisiana who criticized the government buying satellites to watch volcanic activity in the northwest. it's what allowed people to flee harm's path and federal tax dollars are doing this. this is the bill press show with rich masters. we'll be back with more of the show after we take a quick break. hang in there with us, will ya. actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure
he ignored katrina until he realized there with you a catastrophe here. you the that's what they were thinking? >> made it look like government it helps people when they need it most instead of every time a natural disaster happens people to have fend for themselves so government isn't needed. the contrast is huge. >> con trattrast is huge. >> listen, this is a big issue and i think that this is something republicans are going to have to grapple with whether it's bobby...
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president bush's handling of hurricane katrina was one of the worst in history. so far the president is doing his job well. chris christie has congratulated him and praised him for his response. here is the president was a briefing yesterday. a couple of other questions in play here, how will this impact campaign momentum and effect early voting? >> most of the states in hurricane sandy's report do not have early voting. maryland does and it has closed its early voting today, but president obama is expected to win that state easily. so far republicans are ahead in early voting in florida and colorado, but democrats have the edge in north carolina, nevada and ohio. that of course is based off of the number of registered people who have cast their ballots. more bill press is coming up after the break and we are live in chat, and would love to see you there. current tv/bill press. thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's political
president bush's handling of hurricane katrina was one of the worst in history. so far the president is doing his job well. chris christie has congratulated him and praised him for his response. here is the president was a briefing yesterday. a couple of other questions in play here, how will this impact campaign momentum and effect early voting? >> most of the states in hurricane sandy's report do not have early voting. maryland does and it has closed its early voting today, but...
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louisiana could not have handled katrina. let's be honest. new jersey could not have handled this by itself. >> bill: right. >> that's just a fact. >> bill: joe courtney told us vid from connecticut, the wealthiest per capita state in the nation. he said we cannot handle this storm rebuilding without fema. >> right. so i think when you look at that that's definitely a shift of the dynamics. the other part is people have mildly started feeling better about the economy. it is not -- you still have the wrong track -- right track numbers which are upside down in negative way. but they -- they're not -- we're not talking about the margins that they used to have which were in some cases like 30 plus points. now they're down to in some cases 10 points or so. that is, again, people feeling better about where the economy is today as well as where the economy is going. that's something that's helping the president. that's why i think a lot of -- a lot of people will be focusing on this job number on friday. how does this job number -- does it feed a ro
louisiana could not have handled katrina. let's be honest. new jersey could not have handled this by itself. >> bill: right. >> that's just a fact. >> bill: joe courtney told us vid from connecticut, the wealthiest per capita state in the nation. he said we cannot handle this storm rebuilding without fema. >> right. so i think when you look at that that's definitely a shift of the dynamics. the other part is people have mildly started feeling better about the economy. it...
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obama in 2007 talking to a black crowd about the bush administration's failed response to hurricane katrina. republicans are highly critical saying it shows the president appealing to racial solidarity. they are touting it as a newly uncovered clip. this was already reported on in 2007 when it happened and much of that reporting came from the very same news organizations who today are calling this new video. the obama campaign said it's a desperate attempt to shift the conversation away from romney's 47% remark and obama spokesman ben leebolt said if the republicans are going for this sort of attack at the debate tonight, they are in for a surprise. more coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. education is the key. it is the vehicle. it's the way in which we evolve. every journey is different every possibility is unique. but the beginning, the beginning is my craft. i'm an ordinary person striving to achieve extraordinary things. it started with a dream and i'm on my way there. hershey's drop
obama in 2007 talking to a black crowd about the bush administration's failed response to hurricane katrina. republicans are highly critical saying it shows the president appealing to racial solidarity. they are touting it as a newly uncovered clip. this was already reported on in 2007 when it happened and much of that reporting came from the very same news organizations who today are calling this new video. the obama campaign said it's a desperate attempt to shift the conversation away from...
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then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states. one being -- which was one i think one of the first accomplishments of the obama administration was the development and the dissemination of the vaccine for that new virus that popped up, h1n1. it killed the group in between and that was an unbelievable accomplishment and the democrats never brag about it. >> bill: i forgot about that. but there are many, many, many roles where things -- look at our federal interstate highway system, right? look at the air traffic air-traffic controller system. there are some things -- look at the defense of our country. but it is not just the military. there's some things -- look at our transportation syste
then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states....
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. >> caller: i am a katrina refugee in houston. and after the storm, there was no place to eat. there was no place to get water. there was no place to get cleaning supplies. and the salvation army fed us and they gave us water and they never asked us if we were lesbians which was pretty obvious because we were. >> stephanie: you're one of those obvious lesbians, are you? >> yes we're obvious lesbians because we were doing all of the work ourselves. >> stephanie: you were doing all of the manual labor. >> yeah. i've heard all of the stuff about salvation army. i'm glad you asked him those questions because that settles my heart a bit but i give to the salvation army every year because i was a recipient of their kindness. nobody asked me my sexual orientation. they fed us and took care of us. >> stephanie: your settled heart was in a big plaid obvious lesbian costume i'm guessing. >> actually, i do have -- it is funny. i do have plaid. >> stephanie: i don't know where i got that from. >> the salvation army's main thing is they don't discriminate when it comes to helping people in
. >> caller: i am a katrina refugee in houston. and after the storm, there was no place to eat. there was no place to get water. there was no place to get cleaning supplies. and the salvation army fed us and they gave us water and they never asked us if we were lesbians which was pretty obvious because we were. >> stephanie: you're one of those obvious lesbians, are you? >> yes we're obvious lesbians because we were doing all of the work ourselves. >> stephanie: you were...
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it amazes me i am a democrat but liberals like you guys and katrina and chris hayes and all of these -- >> bill: good company >> caller: no. always provide the democratic party, always. what they are doing -- excuse me -- who would have thought? the problem is you don't know who a terrorist is. who would have thought the tsarnaev brothers would have done what they did. >> bill: they had seems these guys were sending back and forth. they had phone calls of these guys. and they still didn't do anything about it. so to me it just proves that the whole system is worthless. they knew. they knew these guys were communicating with that radical muslim cleric that we ended up killing over there in yemen. right? and what happened? nothing. nothing. so what's the program worth? >> caller: okay. they were acting within the confines of the law. >> bill: no, it doesn't. it tells me they weren't doing their freakin' job, but they are listening to my phone calls and yours >> caller: come on. please. >> bill: i am all for being tough on the terrorists but that doesn't mean i am going to go after wand
it amazes me i am a democrat but liberals like you guys and katrina and chris hayes and all of these -- >> bill: good company >> caller: no. always provide the democratic party, always. what they are doing -- excuse me -- who would have thought? the problem is you don't know who a terrorist is. who would have thought the tsarnaev brothers would have done what they did. >> bill: they had seems these guys were sending back and forth. they had phone calls of these guys. and they...
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infamously took a five-week vacation that he cut short two days short so he could deal with hurricane katrina which, you know, he did such a great job on that. >> reflective of the country over the last eight years. and the economy and everything else. >> bill: absolutely. >> i mean three years of vacation out of eight years! that's insane. >> bill: unbelievable. now they're accusing president obama of taking -- already three vacations in 2013. one of which was the first two days of the year when he was still in hawaii, usually christmas vacation goes to new year's so then you're into the new year. on president's weekend he went golfing and michelle and the daughters went skiing in aspen. that counts as two. because one group was there and he was down here. that's unbelievable. >> now they're going out to the daughters, counting how many vacations they're going on. >> bill: how dare they take a spring break! why didn't they chain them to the white house fence? >> my favorite saying in that bachmann speech from cpac is the concession she made, we can all agree that the president deserves to li
infamously took a five-week vacation that he cut short two days short so he could deal with hurricane katrina which, you know, he did such a great job on that. >> reflective of the country over the last eight years. and the economy and everything else. >> bill: absolutely. >> i mean three years of vacation out of eight years! that's insane. >> bill: unbelievable. now they're accusing president obama of taking -- already three vacations in 2013. one of which was the first...